William Fletcher Travelling Fellowship and Rome Residency Winner

 

Barry Pearce, Head Curator of Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales announces that Kevin McKay of Sutherland, NSW, is the Winner of the William Fletcher Travelling Fellowship with Residency in the British School at Rome in April-June 2011.

This fellowship was made possible by a bequest from Dr M. (Nick) Matheson Lines, late of Mosman.

 

 

Freeway overpasses amd high-rise buildings feature in Kevin's paintings.

He says " I am excited at the prospect of exploring the timeless city that first used concrete for urban development and made infrastructure a symbol of empire."

 

Members of the Foundation Board and invited judges make the final decision,

at the National Art School, William Fletcher Rome Award Exhibition,

Saturday 11th September 2010.